It was a busy year for the female n ° 1 tennis player Aryna Sabalenka. Until now, she has done deep races in each Grand Chelem event, reaching the final of the Australian Open and the Open of France and arriving at the semi-final in Wimbledon.
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Sabalenka did a lot of victories this year, but the individual titles were difficult to achieve. Unfortunately for Sabalenka, this was also the case at the Cincinnati 2025 Open. Sabalenka reached the quarter -finals during the event before she was eliminated by Elena Rybakina on Friday in two sets.
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Sabalenka did not seem to find her stride in the match, especially early. Rybakina took full advantage of it, jumping to a 6-1 victory in the first set. Sabalenka showed more fight in the second set, but could not overcome the early momentum of Rybakina. Rybakina took the second set 6-4, winning the match.
The Rybakina service was deadly throughout the match. It has accumulated 11 ace against n ° 1 in the world. Sabalenka could not match this total, ending the match with four aces. The dominant service of Rybakina led to a percentage of 80.6% victory on the first service points won, which played a major role in its victory.
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He marked the fifth time in his career that Rybakina won a victory over Sabalenka. The two met 12 times in total during their career. While Sabalenka held the advantage early, going 4-0 in their first four games, Rybakina became a thorn in the side of player No. 1. During their last eight games, Rybakina has a 5-3 file against Sabalenka.
With the victory, Rybakina will head for the semi-finals, where she will face Iga Swiatek. Rybakina behaved rather well against Swiatek in his matches. The two have played nine times, and while Swiatek holds the advantage, she only had 5-4 on-one.
Rybakina even turns to the series when the two meet for the 10th time on Sunday.
